Once upon a time...!!

 

 

 

Readers' Quote of the Day

 

 

“Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.”

 
Stéphane Mallarmé  

 

 

 

 

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”

 

 

 

The Go-Between

By L. P. Hartley

 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

One summer holiday destroys a boy's life forever. This novel, based at the turn of the 20th century, tells the story of one young boy, Leo is staying with his school-friend at Brandham Hall. He begins to act as a messenger between Ted, the farmer, and Marian, the beautiful young woman up at the hall.

 

Leo is used most dreadfully in this novel; his innocence and his devotion to Marian means that this spoilt young woman, without a shred of shame, ruins this little boys life forever.

 

The Go-Between is a deeply moving novel, and it is one that I really enjoyed.

 

I picked up my copy from Waterstones.

Book v Movie - Ready Player One

 

 

Ready Player One

By Ernest Cline 

 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

This book is based in a dystopian world in the year 2045 - the world is a vastly different place from what it is now, and poverty is widespread. Like many other people, Wade Watt escapes reality in the OASIS, a virtual utopia. But this is more than a computer game; it is a competition because 

OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that whoever can solve his riddles that he left in the OASIS then they will inherit his considerable wealth. Needless to say, everyone plays to win.

 

I thought this book was fabulous. I was hooked from start to finish. The world that Wade lives in is terrible, but by escaping the world in the Oasis, Wade can be anyone he wants to be. I thought the idea behind this book was inspired, and I will certainly be reading more books by this author.

  

After watching the movie, I cannot decide which one I prefered. I thought the movie was really good, and it made for some very compelling watching, and I thought it did justice to the book.

 

The movie and the film were equally impressive. 

 

I picked the book up at Waterstones  and watched the movie on NetFlix.